Next a separate team of researchers uncovered genetic material from a related type of archaea in a North Carolina estuary. (washingtonpost.com)
A metagenomics analysis finds Cas9 in archaea for the first time, along with two previously unknown Cas nucleases from bacteria. (the-scientist.com)
Hundreds of yards below the seafloor, microbes called archaea produce methane from hydrogen and carbon extracted from organic sediments. (discovermagazine.com)